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Scholarships and grants program seeks funding for educator-incentive expansion and permanent software support as officials promise performance data
Summary
Legislative analysts and the Office of the State Board of Education told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the Scholarships and Grants program is mostly trustee payments for scholarship recipients. The office requested $1.375 million for the rural and underserved educator incentive program and funding for a permanent
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Scholarships and Grants program budget housed in the State Board of Education. He emphasized that trustee-and-benefit payments—scholarships and grants—comprise about 99.5% of the program’s spending, with personnel accounting for about 0.5%.
Campbell said spending is timing-sensitive because award cycles do not align perfectly with the state fiscal year and can vary depending on applicant numbers and federal grant timing. The program administers multiple…
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